WoW Forever Shaman builds, the most popular from 24,580 planned here

13,649 of the 24,580 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here (56%) lead in Enhancement, 6,668 in Elemental and 4,263 in Restoration. Weighted by what people did with each build (made, viewed, opened by link, shared or saved), Enhancement has 59%, Elemental 23% and Restoration 18%, the split the Shaman calculator's spec bar shows. Ele is short for Elemental, the caster tree; Enh for Enhancement, the melee tree; and Resto for Restoration, the healing tree. At the level 30 cap the most made 21-point build also leads in Enhancement. 60.5% of the Shaman leveling orders people recorded lead in Enhancement. Every build below opens in the Shaman calculator, and the Shaman leveling order shows the order people place these points in. These are full 51-point level 60 builds, planned ahead of launch on 4 November 2026.

Counted on 7 Oct 2026, recounted a few times a day.

• Enhancement 56%
• Elemental 27%
• Restoration 17%

WoW Forever Enhancement Shaman build

13,649 of the 24,580 Shaman builds with 41 or more points (56%) lead in Enhancement; the most used is 18/33/0 (#1), going to Rage of the Farseer. Open it in the calculator.

WoW Forever Elemental Shaman build

6,668 of the 24,580 Shaman builds with 41 or more points (27%) lead in Elemental; the most used is 38/13/0 (#4), going to Lava Burst. Open it in the calculator.

WoW Forever Restoration Shaman build

4,263 of the 24,580 Shaman builds with 41 or more points (17%) lead in Restoration; the most used is 0/10/41 (#2), going to Riptide. Open it in the calculator.

The 5 most popular level 60 Shaman builds, all 51 points Elemental / Enhancement / Restoration points

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   Enhancement Shaman 18/33/0, Reverberation build

   #1 by what people did with it since the Sep 24 patch Elemental 18 / Enhancement 33 / Restoration 0 1.2% of every Shaman share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 43 · saved 135 · opened 1,010 · across 115 close builds Takes Spirit Weapons, Mental Quickness 2/2, Improved Stormstrike 2/2, Maelstrom Weapon 5/5 and Rage of the Farseer. Maxes Concussion, Reverberation, Call of Flame, Elemental Devastation, Improved Fire Nova, Thundering Strikes and 11 more.
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   Restoration Shaman 0/10/41

   #2 by what people did with it since the Sep 24 patch Elemental 0 / Enhancement 10 / Restoration 41 1.6% of every Shaman share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 76 · saved 221 · opened 1,242 · across 78 close builds Takes Healing Way 3/3, Nature's Swiftness, Purification 5/5 and Riptide. Maxes Thundering Strikes, Ancestral Knowledge, Improved Healing Wave, Mindfulness, Tidal Focus, Ancestral Healing and 9 more.
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   Enhancement Shaman 8/33/10

   #3 by what people did with it since the Sep 24 patch Elemental 8 / Enhancement 33 / Restoration 10 0.8% of every Shaman share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 33 · saved 118 · opened 611 · across 125 close builds Takes Spirit Weapons, Mental Quickness 2/2, Improved Stormstrike 2/2, Maelstrom Weapon 5/5 and Rage of the Farseer. Maxes Concussion, Elemental Devastation, Thundering Strikes, Mental Dexterity, Improved Ghost Wolf, Elemental Weapons and 10 more.
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   Elemental Shaman 38/13/0

   #4 by what people did with it since the Sep 24 patch Elemental 38 / Enhancement 13 / Restoration 0 1.2% of every Shaman share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 44 · saved 132 · opened 1,006 · across 69 close builds Takes Elemental Reach 2/2, Lightning Overload 3/3, Earthbound, Elemental Fury 5/5 and Lava Burst. Maxes Convection, Concussion, Reverberation, Call of Flame, Elemental Focus, Elemental Alacrity and 11 more.
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   Enhancement Shaman 18/33/0, Elemental Focus build

   #5 by what people did with it since the Sep 24 patch Elemental 18 / Enhancement 33 / Restoration 0 0.4% of every Shaman share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 6 · saved 77 · opened 285 · across 118 close builds Takes Spirit Weapons, Mental Quickness 2/2, Improved Stormstrike 2/2, Maelstrom Weapon 5/5 and Rage of the Farseer. Maxes Concussion, Call of Flame, Elemental Devastation, Elemental Focus, Elemental Alacrity, Improved Fire Nova and 13 more.
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Builds within a few points of each other count as one family, shown by its most used member. The rows and the spec split come from the 24,580 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here since the Sep 24 patch (build 70009), ranked by what people did with each family since then: a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2 and a view 1. The shared, saved and opened counts run from 13 Sep, before the beta: a row's share is its family's shares, saves and link opens over every Shaman build's (4,010 shares, 7,749 saves, 85,815 link opens since 13 Sep), so a row can hold a larger share than one ranked above it.

The Shaman calculator's 66,379 builds and 35,795 with all 51 points count every Shaman build made, shared, saved or opened here since 13 Sep, those today's trees no longer allow included; this list counts the 24,580 with 41 or more points that today's trees allow, since the Sep 24 patch (build 70009).

This is a count of what people plan on this site, not a tier list. When a beta build moves, adds, removes or renames a Shaman talent or changes what it needs first, the count starts again from the day after that build and shows once 1,000 builds with 41 or more points are made on the new trees, as it did after the Sep 24 patch (build 70009).

Shaman talents by pick rate, most and least taken

Most taken: Thundering Strikes 91% (Enhancement), Shamanistic Focus 74% (Enhancement), Ancestral Knowledge 74% (Enhancement), Improved Ghost Wolf 73% (Enhancement), Stormstrike 67% (Enhancement). Least taken: Natural Grace 6% (Restoration), Earth's Grasp 7% (Enhancement), Improved Lightning Shield 10% (Enhancement), Improved Reincarnation 12% (Restoration), Restorative Totems 13% (Restoration). Share of Shaman builds with 41 or more points that have a point in the talent.

Shaman builds at level 30, the beta cap 21 points

The beta cap rose to level 30 on 1 Oct, so 21 points. These are the 21-point Shaman builds people set at level 30 most often between 1 and 6 Oct 2026, counted once per visitor per day on builds somebody made, shared or saved here (288 in all; builds within four points count as one, and a family is shown once it has five or more people-days and its most-made build was made, shared or saved by at least two people on one day and three people-days in all).

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   Level 30 Enhancement Shaman build, 21 points, Thundering Strikes build

   Elemental 0 / Enhancement 21 / Restoration 0 38.2% of the level 30 Shaman builds in the window · 110 people-days · across 22 close builds Maxes Thundering Strikes, Mental Dexterity, Improved Ghost Wolf, Elemental Weapons, Shamanistic Focus, Stormstrike.
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   Level 30 Enhancement Shaman build, 21 points, Guardian Totems build

   Elemental 0 / Enhancement 21 / Restoration 0 4.9% of the level 30 Shaman builds in the window · 14 people-days · across 8 close builds Maxes Ancestral Knowledge, Mental Dexterity, Improved Ghost Wolf, Elemental Weapons, Shamanistic Focus, Stormstrike.
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   Level 30 Elemental Shaman build, 21 points

   Elemental 21 / Enhancement 0 / Restoration 0 3.1% of the level 30 Shaman builds in the window · 9 people-days · across 4 close builds Maxes Convection, Concussion, Call of Flame, Elemental Focus, Elemental Alacrity, Improved Fire Nova and 1 more.
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No Restoration 21-point build has reached the floor yet (53 people-days in the window).

Each spec's first 21 points, as the leveling orders place them: Enhancement 0/21/0, from 55,884 Enhancement orders; Elemental 21/0/0, from 18,887; Restoration 0/0/21, from 17,675. Recorded 18 Sep to 6 Oct 2026; the Shaman leveling order has every bracket.

Questions

Which Shaman spec do people build most in WoW Forever?

13,649 of the 24,580 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here (56%) lead in Enhancement, 6,668 in Elemental and 4,263 in Restoration, counted since the Sep 24 patch (build 70009). Weighted by what people did with each build (made, viewed, opened by link, shared or saved), Enhancement has 59%, Elemental 23% and Restoration 18%. At the level 30 cap the most made 21-point build also leads in Enhancement. 60.5% of the Shaman leveling orders people recorded lead in Enhancement.

What is the most popular Shaman build at level 30, the beta cap?

Enhancement 0/21/0: 38.2% of the 288 level 30 Shaman builds counted between 1 and 6 Oct 2026 (110 people-days), maxing Thundering Strikes, Mental Dexterity, Improved Ghost Wolf, Elemental Weapons, Shamanistic Focus and Stormstrike.

What is the most popular Shaman build at level 60?

Enhancement Shaman 18/33/0, Reverberation build, ranked first by what people did with each build since the Sep 24 patch (a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2, a view 1). It holds 1.2% of every Shaman share, save and link open counted here since 13 Sep (shared 43, saved 135, opened 1,010).

Which Shaman talents are taken most and least?

Most taken: Thundering Strikes (91%), Shamanistic Focus (74%) and Ancestral Knowledge (74%). Least taken: Natural Grace (6%), Earth's Grasp (7%) and Improved Lightning Shield (10%). The percentages are the share of Shaman builds with 41 or more points that have at least one point in the talent, weighted by what people did with each build.

Is there a Shaman raid, dungeon or PvP build in WoW Forever yet?

Not one counted for that purpose: this site's counter records the points in each build, not what the build is for. The beta runs from 17 September 2026 to 21 October 2026 with characters capped at level 30 (21 points), and the game launches 4 November 2026, so the level 60 builds above are plans made while no beta character can reach 60.

Is this a Shaman tier list?

No. The builds are ranked by what people did with them on this site (shared, saved, opened by link, made or viewed), not by how strong they are.

Where do these Shaman build numbers come from?

From this site's own counter, which keeps counts only and no identities: every Shaman build planned in the calculator, and how often each was shared, saved or opened by link. Builds within a few points of each other count as one family, shown by its most used member, and every spec gets at least one row. The list is rebuilt a few times a day, last on 7 Oct 2026.

Also for Shamans: the leveling order, every talent in words, what changed since Classic, the abilities, new and changed, the races and their racials, questions answered from the data, and the Shaman calculator. The most popular builds of every class.